Hacking News & Cyber Updates: 11th Sept 7 PM

Why Facebook Is Paying the Tax Tab on Employee Compensation New York Times Facebook announced last week that it planned to use cash to pay off a $1.9 billion tax bill related to restricted stock units that Facebook had granted to employees over the years. It's odd timing for a tax bill. Why would Facebook, not the employees ... See all stories on this topic »

Twitter, Facebook and Mobile Ads: Why They Matter Huffington Post In a reassuring report that proved young people stuck around after the VMAs, President Obama's speech last week at the DNC produced a record of 52,757 tweets a minute on Twitter. The week before, Governor Romney's speech sparked 14,239 tweets a ... See all stories on this topic »

Facebook's Woes Dim Interest in Indian E-Commerce Wall Street Journal (blog) “Facebook's listing debacle, followed by declines in the value of online businesses listed in the U.S. recently, has led to scrutiny of e-commerce business models,” said Mahesh Murthy, co-founder of Seedfund, an early-stage investor in online businesses. See all stories on this topic »

US enlists Facebook for new suicide prevention strategy NBCNews.com (blog) A new nationwide strategy to prevent suicides, especially among U.S. military veterans and younger Americans, will tap Facebook Inc as part of a community-driven push to report concerns before someone takes their own life. The new Facebook service will ... See all stories on this topic »

Taliban Using Fake Facebook Accounts for Intelligence Gathering, Report Says Mashable An Australian government review of social media and defense, completed in March, revealed that the Taliban is using fake Facebook profiles to obtain intelligence from unsuspecting military personnel. According to the report, one strategy employed by ... See all stories on this topic »

Tendulkar's Facebook page an instant hit New York Daily News 11 -- Sachin Tendulkar on Monday joined social networking site Facebook getting overwhelming response from his fans as he got more than 400,000 'likes' within hours of his first post. "I'll like to welcome you to my facebook family. As a child, I ... See all stories on this topic »

Prices of Facebook stock since long-awaited IPO CBS News They allege that analysts at the large underwriting investment banks cut their financial forecasts forFacebook just before the IPO and told only a handful of clients. Facebook and the banks overseeing the IPO insist that nothing about its IPO process ... See all stories on this topic »

Fake Facebook profile aids killer of Texas teen who babysat for him Examiner.com Every nine minutes a U.S. teen gets hurt on the job according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). But 16-year-old Texas teen Shania Gray not only was raped on her babysitting job, she was also later murdered by her attacker when it ... See all stories on this topic »

Instacube Announces Facebook Photo Integration Embedded.com 11, 2012. MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Instacube, the latest Kickstarter darling, announced Friday that they will support Facebook photos upon reaching their stretch goal of $500,000 (double their initial asking of $250 ... See all stories on this topic »

Is Facebook selling your conversations to advertisers? Some advertisers say yes Examiner.com Facebook was chastised online Monday by Ad Age, a company known for advertising and marketing news. It seems that Facebook has been telling users of the social media website one thing, but telling potential advertisers something else. In other words... See all stories on this topic »

Authorities seek creator of threatening Facebook pages Philadelphia Inquirer Joshua Scott Albert first stirred anger last month with a Facebook page titled "I Support Chancier McFarland & Rafael Jones," referring to the men charged with the murder of Officer Moses Walker Jr. Albert, who won brief notoriety as the man behind an ... See all stories on this topic »

Don't Freak Out About Facebook's Mobile Ad Revenue By Dave Copeland News outlets breathlessly reported last week that Twitter was projected to overtake Facebook in mobile ad revenue for 2012. But they were missing the bigger picture. ReadWriteWeb

That Pretty New Facebook Friend? Probably Taliban By Brian Barrett In the good ol' days of spy vs. spy, the honeypot was a tried and true method espionage technique, laced with danger, intrigue, and sex. These days—as Australian soldiers have found out the hard way—all it takes to seduce your way to state ... Gizmodo

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